Shalom — Peace
Far more than absence of war: wholeness, completeness, well-being. The priestly blessing ends with it: 'and give thee peace.'
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV translations: [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.
Shalom in the Bible — example verses
“And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.”Genesis 15:15 (KJV)
“That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.”Genesis 26:29 (KJV)
“And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.”Genesis 26:31 (KJV)
“So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:”Genesis 28:21 (KJV)
“And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.”Genesis 29:6 (KJV)
“And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”Genesis 37:4 (KJV)
“And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.”Genesis 37:14 (KJV)
“And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”Genesis 41:16 (KJV)
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